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BamaD -> RE: ***Unmoderated Gun rights debate - Self Defense to 2nd Amendment *** (10/7/2013 5:14:09 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Nosathro
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ORIGINAL: Kirata
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ORIGINAL: Nosathro
Both were done by Christians to save the souls of those they believed needed saving.
The Inquisitions had nothing to do with "saving souls". The sole and exclusive purpose of the Medieval Inquisition was the eradication of heresy. The Spanish Inquisition was established independently, with only the reluctant approval of Sixtus IV, mainly for the purpose of uniting Spain under the Catholic rule of Ferdinand and Isabella.
With that as a hint that you don't know what you're talking about, I'll leave you to redo your homework on the Witch Trials.
K.
HERESY:
a : adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma
b : denial of a revealed truth by a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church
c : an opinion or doctrine contrary to church dogma
The Inquisition was created through papal bull, Ad Abolendam, issued at the end of the 12th century by Pope Lucius III. However in Spain little attention was paid to heresy by the Catholic ruling class. Jews and Muslims were considered inferior to Catholics and were subject to discriminatory legislation. The Inquisition was originally intended in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of those who converted from Judaism and Islam. This regulation of the faith of the newly converted was intensified after the royal decrees issued in 1492 and 1501 ordering Jews and Muslims to convert or leave. Nevertheless, in some parts of Spain towards the end of the 14th century, there was a wave of violent anti-Judaism, encouraged by the preaching of Ferrand Martinez, Archdeacon of Ecija. The pogroms of June 1391 were especially bloody: in Seville, hundreds of Jews were killed, and the synagogue was completely destroyed. The number of people killed was also high in other cities, such as Córdoba, Valencia and Barcelona. A consequences of these programs was the mass conversion of Jews. Forced baptism was contrary to the law of the Catholic Church, and theoretically anybody who had been forcibly baptized could legally return to Judaism; this however was very narrowly interpreted. Legal definitions of the time theoretically acknowledged that a forced baptism was not a valid sacrament, but confined this to cases where it was literally administered by physical force: a person who had consented to baptism under threat of death or serious injury was still regarded as a voluntary convert, and accordingly forbidden to revert to Judaism.
A can't wait to read what you have to say about Witch Trials, you would make a great writer of fairy tales.
And I am sure you have read "Der Hexenhammer". [sm=wiggleass.gif]
If you want to discuss the inquisition start a thread
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